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To think that people who spend £45 on a Stanley cup need their heads examined?

209 replies

empee47 · 07/06/2024 12:49

More specifically for a primary aged child who is likely to lose or damage the cup? £45? Absolute madness. Some parents just can’t seem to see their kids go without the latest trend.

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Dramatic · 07/06/2024 13:31

I bought my 3 kids one each for Christmas, they were £12 from tiktok shop, genuine Stanley's. I wouldn't have paid £45 though. To be fair they still use them every single day 6 months on

ThreeEggOmlette · 07/06/2024 13:29

File this under 'things not everyone would pay for but seem to find irrationally offensive when others do' with vanity reg plates, new cars, designer handbags and cosmetic treatments.

How dare you insult my eyes with how you chose to spend your money!

foodtoorder · 07/06/2024 13:28

@TeenLifeMum 😂 this is so true!

TheKeatingFive · 07/06/2024 13:21

Oh fgs, each to their own and people can spend their money how they like. For some people, £45 isn't a lot, however unpalatable a truth that might be.

Mrsjayy · 07/06/2024 13:18

SpringerFall · 07/06/2024 13:16

So no cheaper cup would have been in the same siltation, the price of the cup caused this issue?

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No the size of the cup I was just commenting on how ridiculously .big they are I couldn't care less how much you pay for a giant cup.

SpringerFall · 07/06/2024 13:16

Mrsjayy · 07/06/2024 13:14

I.saw a .young woman with 1 yesterday she was trying to scan her phone to.pay her bus fare, but couldn't unlock her phone she had no.where to put her ginormous cup it was such a palaver.

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So no cheaper cup would have been in the same siltation, the price of the cup caused this issue?

Meadowfinch · 07/06/2024 13:16

I have two beautiful steel, insulated water bottles, both red with brushed steel lids, given as freebies at trade shows. One for me, one for DS. Work perfectly.

But some people have plenty of money and it's their choice how they spend it.

Fizbosshoes · 07/06/2024 13:15

I thought chillys bottles were expensive and they were about £25! My kids (teens) have them.

I don't drink any enough water to warrant buying a fancy bottle, but it doesn't bother me what other people have or how much it costs. I don't think I've ever seen a stanley cup tbh

Zonder · 07/06/2024 13:15

thanKyouaIMee · 07/06/2024 12:50

Nah, I've got loads and my head is perfectly fine! Would also buy for a child 😂

My water intake has never been so good! It's also a fantastic thing to take on a walk, packs a punch so a great defence item haha

Doesn't it spill? Do you have to hold it upright all the time?

Mrsjayy · 07/06/2024 13:14

curious79 · 07/06/2024 13:00

I simply admire the people who can be bothered to lug around an item that big. Everyone seems to be worried about dehydrating these days.

I.saw a .young woman with 1 yesterday she was trying to scan her phone to.pay her bus fare, but couldn't unlock her phone she had no.where to put her ginormous cup it was such a palaver.

healthwisereferral · 07/06/2024 13:14

LaWench · 07/06/2024 13:01

I have the £4.50 copy from B&M. I like it, yes it is massive ans heavy when full but it does make our hard water taste nice and keeps it cold. I'm drinking loads now, always on the loo.

You shouldn't 'always be on the loo'. You're drinking too much.

At least put some pink salt in the water.

HashtagShitShop · 07/06/2024 13:12

I have a meoky that was about... 14 pound? Leak proof and it has upped my drinking a thousand times than before. I have various medical issues and can dehydrate quickly but never drank that much as never really felt the thirst urge.

I was so dehydrated at times that my urine would look like it had blood in it. Not anymore!

Hotttchoc · 07/06/2024 13:08

People can spend their money on whatever they like

Excited101 · 07/06/2024 13:08

I don’t understand why having something so heavy and which holds so much can be useful, when you can’t chuck it in a bag or bottom of a buggy etc!

any stainless steel water bottle with a decent capacity will keep drinks tasting fresh and ice frozen for 24 hours- it’s not at all special.

Misthios · 07/06/2024 13:07

DD has one - well, same shape, knock off brand that we bought in cheapie souvenir shop in New York for $5. I think she's used it every day. She isn't primary school age though.

SpringerFall · 07/06/2024 13:05

For people who don't like what others buy a lot of thought seems to go into commenting about

'Omg the mum down the road bought her child a crayon'
'Call the papers we need an opinion on it'

Althenameshavegone · 07/06/2024 13:04

Based on how many water bottles my kids manage to lose at school I’d be crazy to spend more than a tenner but if money is no object and your child is capable of looking after things…buy whatever you like

GerbilsForever24 · 07/06/2024 13:02

best £45 I've ever spent. It was DD's most wanted gift ever and as we were paying for an overpriced party, only spending £45 on her actual present was a win.

If people can afford it, who cares. And it's actually lasted better than any other bottles we've bought so far.

HamSandwichKiller · 07/06/2024 13:01

Oh it's the same as those Klean Kanteen bottles that were around for awhile. Overpriced metal bottles as status symbols 😂. It's not my money they wasted so who cares

LaWench · 07/06/2024 13:01

I have the £4.50 copy from B&M. I like it, yes it is massive ans heavy when full but it does make our hard water taste nice and keeps it cold. I'm drinking loads now, always on the loo.

curious79 · 07/06/2024 13:00

I simply admire the people who can be bothered to lug around an item that big. Everyone seems to be worried about dehydrating these days.

Bellaboo01 · 07/06/2024 12:59

empee47 · 07/06/2024 12:49

More specifically for a primary aged child who is likely to lose or damage the cup? £45? Absolute madness. Some parents just can’t seem to see their kids go without the latest trend.

I suppose it is up to the parent to decide. For many people £45 isnt a lot but, for some it is. Parents can decide what shoes, uniform, clothes and cups they want to buy.

MrsDeaconClaybourne · 07/06/2024 12:59

Everyone has different ideas about what is value for/waste of money and different priorities don't they? I don't have a Stanley cup but years ago I did have a (expensive at the time) Contigo travel mug. I was a supply teacher and did loads of ferrying my DC around to after school stuff. It was worth every penny.

I can't get my head round why anyone would ever spend any money on personalised number plates - it literally baffles me but they are very popular so obviously lots of people don't agree and would point to something I do as a waste of money

CatWontBudge · 07/06/2024 12:58

To each their own. I wouldn't personally but I equally wouldn't judge someone who did.

I do wonder though if all the Stanley cup fans are aware that continued use means they're causing premature wrinkles round their mouths much like smokers get due to the sucking motion that is required in the straw.

Livinginaclock · 07/06/2024 12:57

I had to google because I know it as the ice hockey thing!